The Access Unlimited Newsletter

February was a busy time, a trip to see all my MVP and the Access friends in Seattle, a busy Inbox and a rewrite of the Smart Access web site.

On the trip to Seattle, Office 2010 and beyond was forefront and a summary is that Office 2010 should be as positive for Microsoft as Windows 7 was for Windows. If you have been following the Access 2010 beta, Access on the Web is a credible way to write apps for people who wish to use a browser to interact with corporate data. For those of you who think that your current desktop databases will convert easily, don't get too excited. For those of you that want to develop feature rich apps written from scratch, Access web will be far easier to learn than web programming languages. If you are curious, best to spend your time exploring the 2010 templates when they become available.

On the Smart Access content, we have re-tooled the site to be Topic centric rather than month centric. Check this page to see what I mean http://www.vb123.com.au/kb/cat_word_and_excel.htm

Enjoy the Newsletter.


Garry Robinson
Microsoft Access MVP

Outlook Synchronizing and Internet Maps in the Access 2007 Contacts Template

In this article I will demonstrate a great feature in an Access 2007 template that does integrate your database with your Outlook contacts. If you are forever copying contact information from Access to Outlook and then synchronising Outlook with your phone, you will mostly like the way this Access feature has been implemented. I will also show how your contact address information can link directly with Microsoft Maps.

Outlook Linked Tables and a Flutter On The Stock Market

Last year I spent a lot of time losing money on shares and making a little. To help in that pursuit I wrote an Access databases to read the share emails

Do More for Less - Transferring Logic Through Your App

You're probably doing too much work–you should be taking advantage of your DBMS's facilities to get more done in less time. Andrew Wrigley discusses how the principles of declarative design, cascading, and overriding let you have Jet, SQL Server do more work for you.

# Convert Access to SQL Server #

Upsize to SQL Server 2005 or 2008, easily repeated conversions, highly accurate SQL query translation and web form conversion.

Displaying Hierarchical Data in a TreeView by Glen Lloyd

Thanks to the way that Windows Explorer handles folders and subfolders, your users are used to being able to work with hierarchical data using a TreeView control. Glenn Lloyd shows how to incorporate a TreeView control into your application.

Case Study: Researching Data by Peter Vogel

Peter takes on a research study database. In addition to showing how you can apply your skill with SQL to solve a problem that might have required several hours of VBA code, Peter also demonstrates some SQL tricks of the trade.

All The Access MVP's and Their Sites and/or The Way They Contribute To The Access Community

The Official Access blog has a comprehensive listing of most of the Access MVPs and what they do to gain their rewards. Having met quite a lot of these people, they are not only helpful but they are great fun as well. I look forward to seeing most of them again in Seattle in February at the yearly MVP summit.

# VB123 is a Reseller of FMS Total Access Tools #

Purchase FMS Software from us and you will find yourself with the latest version of our software for almost nothing. If you head to our FMS page, you will find the option to read about and purchase FMS Visual Code Tools, Total Access Analyzer, Total Access Emailer and Total Access Detective. Also if you purchase FMS Software, you can qualify for free copies of our popular Access Workbench or Toolbox Resource kit.

Soundex: "Close" Only Counts in Horseshoes by Doug Steele

Doug Steele looks at a couple of techniques to help determine when text entries are "close enough" to be considered the same.

Querying a Customer Survey Table

Some customers have agreed to participate in a survey and others haven't and I need to give both numbers as a percentage of the total number of customers, grouped by city.

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